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Bock vs Tock - What's the difference?

bock | tock |

As nouns the difference between bock and tock

is that bock is he-goat or bock can be bock beer or bock can be desire, interest to do something while tock is (used in conjunction with tick) a clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

As a verb tock is

to produce such a sound.

bock

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
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    tock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

    • Derived terms

    * tick-tock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce such a sound.
  • * Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
    • The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
  • * 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
    • The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.